For readers who are considering buying the Blackberry Q10 or the iPhone 5, here is a specs and price comparison between the two devices in Australia. The comparison could help readers make an informed decision.

Display and Design

The Blackberry Q10 comes with a 3.1 inch Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen, rendering 720 x 720 pixels resolution. The iPhone 5 comes with a 4.0 inch LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touch screen, rendering 640 x 1136 pixels resolution.

The Blackberry Q10 comes with 119.6 x 66.8 x 10.4 mm dimensions and weighs 139 grams. The iPhone 5 comes with 123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm dimensions and is slightly lighter, weighing 112 grams.

Hardware and Operating System

The Blackberry Q10 is equipped with a 1.5 GHz dual core krait processor and Snapdragon S4 chipset. It comes with 16GB of internal memory, which can be expanded by up to 64GB using a Micro SD card.

The iPhone 5 is equipped with a 1.3 GHz dual core swift processor and Apple A6 chipset. It comes in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB internal memory variants and no micro SD slot for additional memory.

The Blackberry Q10 runs on the BlackBerry 10 operating system and has 2GB of RAM. The iPhone 5 runs on the iOS platform and comes loaded with the iOS 6 operating system, which can be upgraded to iOS 7. The device has 1GB of RAM.

Camera

The Blackberry Q10 sports an 8MP primary camera with features like auto focus and LED flash. The secondary camera on the device is 2MP. The iPhone 5 also sports an 8MP primary camera with similar features. The secondary camera on the device is 1.2MP.

Battery

The Blackberry Q10 comes with a Li-Ion 2100 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 13 hours and 30 minutes on 3G. The iPhone 5 comes with a non-removable Li-Po 1440 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 8 hours on 3G.

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Price in Australia

The Blackberry Q10 4G LTE variant is priced at around AU $579.95 in Australia. The iPhone 5 16GB variant is priced at around AU $779.95, the 32GB variant is priced at around AU $849.95 and the 64GB variant is priced at around AU $889.95 in Australia.